13 March 2014
Laxenburg, Austria
This lecture took place on Thursday 13 March, 14.00-16.00.
Professor Dr. Jeffrey Sachs is Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, and IIASA's first Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Dr. Petr Aven is a IIASA Alumni and currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Alfa Bank. Albert van Jaarsveld is President, National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa; Co-Chair, Belmont Forum, International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research.
Sachs and Aven are Board members of the new global think tank, which was launched by IIASA and European Forum Alpbach last August.
Selected video bits of this Lecture and Debate will be published on this page at a later date.
Jeffrey Sachs discussed the need to address the intertwined challenges of economic development, social inclusion and env... More
VIDEO
Professor Dr Pavel Kabat makes Professor Jeffrey Sachs an IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow
ON THE BLOG
Interview with Jeffrey D. Sachs: Sustainable development—the challenge of our generation
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313